Sam and Jack Telman of Barnstable, both students at Boston College High School, together with seven other BC High students, joined more than 1,000 other attendees at the 16th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, DC, Nov. 16-18.

The Teach-In, a three-day learning and prayer experience, is designed to connect students and faculty from Jesuit institutions around the United States to fight for and advocate on behalf of important social justice issues.